highchome

15 hours ago, PsyCLown said:

impressed with the bud size for such a small plant.

That is impressive! I think it just convinced me to do my next flower with almost no veg time. Very good looking plant there

Nice  Good luck, I'll be watching to see how you grow does.

@Dank I was thinking of doing a quick female only grow next (from clones). Is it useful feedback for you if I germinate some of your seeds and keep them in veg during that time? Possibly even make some clones of them etc. 

I'm hoping that seeing them have a long veg time under lower light may tell you sometime about the genetics? If that does not help let me know and I'll see if I can rather flower them at the same time too

On 9/29/2019 at 9:36 AM, Oolong83 said:

she definitely been pollinate

 So frustrating.

I just found this, so I know the feeling... I'm going to be checking plants a lot more closely from now on

(https://www.420sa.co.za/topic/2119-highchome/?do=findComment&comment=32597)

@PsyCLown where would you look at for quality LEDs?  

2 minutes ago, PsyCLown said:

They are more efficient and therefore reduce your electricity bill and at the same time will help increase yield, leading to even better efficiency overall.

Yeah, I'm sure even the CFLs I'm using are wasting a bit compared to good LEDs

1 minute ago, MentalYeti said:

I think you are onto something with your above statement about lighting and using what I have.

You will 100% get lower yields doing that, but you'll get zero yield not growing in the meantime  

Perhaps start a grow diary too. I got loads of advice that I think helped me get the most out of what I have. As you say, this is an amazing forum

1 hour ago, MentalYeti said:

anyone here from CT?

Quite a few of us yes. Perhaps join the CT club, here: https://www.420sa.co.za/clubs/3-cape-town/

I'm using a Bestva LED that looks pretty much like the 1000W one you posted, that +  2 x 100-100W CFLs and 1 * a 100W LED spot-light  (super DIY stuff). I could certainly do with a lot more light, but the results have not been bad so far. If you have no choice I think you'll be ok with what you have for now. I.e. don't stop while you wait for a perfect or even good setup. Perhaps consider going direct to flower for faster turnaround on the first grow, may also be better for less light.

Which is not to say that I disagree with anything said above, its very good advice. I not sure I'd have got this LED lamp had I been on the forum longer, though perhaps I'd never have started growing if I had to wait to pay 3* more. Personally I'm also looking at what I need to do to improve my light situation, I'd love a better LED setup. I'm just saying I think you can grow for meds so long while sorting things out.

BTW once you get to 30 posts, send a message to @ 420sa and ask to join the seed/clone exchange club. I may have some extra clones in the next few weeks as it happens. So just DM me a reminder if you are interested and I'll see what I can do.

9 hours ago, MissMayhem said:

If the boiling point of the toxins in the non food grade stuff is below 100c wouldn't purging be relatively simple?

My concern is that it depends on what the impurities are. If its only the solvent then sure, boiling it off seems like it should work. But as I understand if its not food grade there could be other impurities in whatever you are using (e.g. lead?) and there is no guarantee that those impurities will evaporate. Many people make BHO though so you'll have to decide how important this is for you.

9 hours ago, MissMayhem said:

food grade ethanol doesn't seem all too cheap

Its not that cheap. I got 1L for ~R600 . However I was surprised how little I used (~100ml ethanol, 30g bud for 6ml oil) . I think keeping the bud and the ethanol in the freezer overnight and doing a single wash will get you pretty good yields for the least amount of ethanol used. 

9 hours ago, MissMayhem said:

Bubble bags seem to be the cheapest to me,

Also take a look at dry ice hash. I don't think that is very expensive either. 

@Dank seeds arrived. Thanks 

I'll let you know as soon as I germinate them

On 9/20/2019 at 8:49 AM, PsyCLown said:

Ringo's is around 10% where the Charlottes Angel is 15%, seems you can even get CBD upto 21% on the Charlottes Angel.

Thanks @PsyCLown, I've just ordered some Charlottes Angel fem seeds. Can't wait to give them a try

18 hours ago, highchome said:

Perhaps there should be a recommended strain thread

I just started one: https://www.420sa.co.za/topic/2771-what-strains-do-you-like/

As a relatively new grower I'm not sure what strains to try. What strains do you like and why?

I'm interested in the strain and why you like it. E.g. good for indoor, good yield, cerebral high, body high, good for pain, good for sleep, good for stress etc or even just strains you have heard of and want to try. I know there are strain database online, but opinions from other growers are very useful IMO.

Thanks

7 hours ago, PsyCLown said:

Both have THC below 1%

That is pretty impressive. Adding to my wish list

(Perhaps there should be a recommended strain thread....)

37 minutes ago, PsyCLown said:

So you supercrop the tallest branches to help give the other branches time to catch up and help create a flat canopy?

I've also heard the supercropping supporters saying that its also generally useful because the place that you supercrop heals with a very strong knuckle and make the stem much stronger and more likely to hold the cola. I.e. many of them advocate doing it by default to all stems of all plants during veg.

I did a few of my unruly stems and the results have been great. Next grow I'll supercrop everything and see how that works out for me

1 minute ago, CreX said:

Better get rid of those first 2 and keep a closer eye next time

Yeah, I'll tell them to send more photos more often so I can help. I think that they are actually just worried that the plants will actually be male and so are scared to ask. Similar to not going to a doctor in case you are sick  

Thanks for the help everyone I'll forward on the news. Also I'm more confident that I know what to look for myself now

Hi all,

Please can you help me tell if these are male or female. These are plants a friend is growing so these are the only pics I have. I'm still not 100% which is which

1: Some pistils but looks like male flowers?

2: Male

3: Female, that is a calyx not a male flower right?

Thanks

9 hours ago, Smelly Joe said:

Personal preference but I would go for the small pots

Same, I'm a new grower so take that with a pinch of salt. But from the bit of reading I've done it sounds like transplanting is somewhere between fine and good. E.g. https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/transplanting-cannabis-plants-why-when-how/

25 minutes ago, Dank said:

indoors you can choose between the VKC S1 or the KC F2.

Great thanks  Please could I go for the KC then?

Looking forward to seeing how they do

@Dank I'm interested if you still have seeds. I'm happy to pay for delivery BTW

Setup: small-ish indoor, LED, coco/perlite with synthetic nutrients

22 minutes ago, Smelly Joe said:

Can I find it on Google or will you post a link???

Sending a DM

Thanks @CreX, I've got that now but its split into 6 PDFs. I'll take a look, thanks again

Right, calcium deficiency, at least that is easy to deal with.

Thanks @greenkush @Smelly Joe

This is happening on a few, but not all, of the leaves closest to the light. Originally I though it was perhaps light burn, but now I'm thinking Mg or Zn based on some googling.

Does anyone know?

Thanks

What books would you all recommend for getting some background on cannabis breeding?

Thanks

20 minutes ago, CreX said:

So I would like some rules..

Agreed, it concerns me that right now it seems like the police can simply pretend they are psychic and infer intent to sell based on nothing. The fact that any one gets prosecuted currently without the police even attempting to gather evidence of distribution is a bit scary I think.

Supercropping is pretty stressful (for the grower ). If you have not done it before, I'd suggest watching a few youtube vids on it so that you know what to expect. As crazy as it looks it works really well and means you wont accidentally snap a stem. 

Good luck